Whereas the social media age has introduced followers and wrestlers nearer collectively than ever earlier than, in some cases it is introduced followers just a little too shut. One key instance got here in 2023, when former WWE Girls’s World Champion Rhea Ripley detailed a scenario the place she was hounded by a fan for an autograph, even after she advised the fan no, prompting her to declare she would not be signing something.
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At this time, it seems Ripley’s co-worker CM Punk has run into an identical downside. On his Instagram Story, Punk posted a message that started with him declaring how a lot he beloved his followers, earlier than reminding them to “respect boundaries and privateness.” He additional went on to state that “airports are usually not a meet and greet,” and that “if I’ve to ask you to please cease following me a number of occasions, you’ve got crossed a line.” Punk implored followers once more to cease this conduct, and closed by additionally asking followers to “cease utilizing your youngsters as a defend or an excuse.”
This disagreeable airport encounter would not be the primary time Punk has addressed fan harassment outdoors of the wrestling bubble; amongst one of many former AEW and WWE World Champion’s many speaking factors throughout his notorious 2014 podcast with Colt Cabana was being approached and adopted whereas in public. Punk additionally alluded to his disdain of followers approaching him for autographs in airports throughout his well-known “Pipebomb” promo in 2011.
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Punk’s uncomfortable second at the moment appears to have occurred because the WWE star was on his approach to Portland, Oregon, the situation for tonight’s episode of “WWE Uncooked.” It will likely be Punk’s first look since he was attacked by Drew McIntyre two weeks in the past, as the 2 proceed in the direction of their Hell in a Cell match at WWE Dangerous Blood on October 5.
